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David Meyer

David N Meyer is a content editor at getAbstract and author of The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music, The Bee Gees: The Biography, and other books. You can find his essays on film and music at davidnmeyer.com

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    Not a Safe Place
    Lurking
    Lurkingby Joanne McNeil Not a Safe Place

    Award-winning writer and editor Joanne McNeil examines the internet through the prism of valuing – not monetizing – the human experience.

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    Wild Wild Minds
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hatby Oliver Sacks Wild Wild Minds

    Dr. Oliver Sacks offers a fascinating window into the surprising universe of brain function through in-depth case histories of patients living in the bizarre world…

  • Review
    Gene Editing
    A Crack in Creation
    A Crack in Creationby Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg Gene Editing

    Biochemists and genetic researchers Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD, and Samuel H. Sternberg, PhD, offer a deep dive into CRISPR gene editing, its potential and its…

  • Review
    Commit to Create
    The Practice
    The Practiceby Seth Godin Commit to Create

    Bestseller Seth Godin offers worthy advice and tactics to anyone who wants to create and must confront the fears and obstacles that all creatives face.

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    The Path to Peace
    Peace Is Every Step
    Peace Is Every Stepby Thich Nhat Hanh The Path to Peace

    Zen master, monk and author Thich Nhat Hanh offers a guide to mindfulness through conscious breathing and other awareness practices.

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    Lead To Serve
    Servant Leadership
    Servant Leadershipby Robert K. Greenleaf and Larry C. Spears Lead To Serve

    Robert K. Greenleaf, the founder of the servant leadership movement, began the movement with this seminal text, published in 1977. It remains powerful, relevant, true…

  • Review
    An Epidemic of Profits
    Empire of Pain
    Empire of Painby Patrick Radden Keefe An Epidemic of Profits

    Award-winning journalist Patrick Radden Keefe details the Sackler family’s incredible success fomenting and sustaining America’s opioid addiction.

  • Review
    How Amazon Does It
    Working Backwards
    Working Backwardsby Colin Bryar and Bill Carr How Amazon Does It

    Amazon insiders Colin Bryar and Bill Carr detail Amazon’s processes for hiring, compensation and expansion as well as using metrics, generating new ideas and nurturing its corporate culture.

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    Shape Your Brand
    On Brand
    On Brandby Aliza Licht Shape Your Brand

    Branding coach Aliza Licht – who also wrote Leave Your Mark – offers detailed guidance – for beginners – for building and maintaining your personal…

  • Review
    After the Factory Closes
    American Made
    American Madeby Farah Stockman After the Factory Closes

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Farah Stockman chronicles the monetary, emotional, and political impact of the loss of American skilled blue-collar jobs.